ColtraineGF
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Durig the day of Nintendo E3 events on Tuesday, we've obtained plenty of new information from both the Nintendo Direct in the morning, the Pokémon XY Roundtable + QA in the evening, and information from the main site. Here is a summary of what we have so far:
Release Date
The games will be released worldwide on October 12th, 2013 in stores and on the eShop.
Towns
Vaniville Town (Ja: アサメタウン Asame Town) is the town you start in. You are seen exiting your house at the start of the 2nd Gameplay Trailer.
Santalune City (Ja: ハクダンシティ Hakudan City) - The town with the benches and fountain from the first gameplay trailer. The location of the first Gym Leader, Viola.
Characters
In the start of your journey at Asame Town, which your character has just moved to, you meet up with 4 people who'll be on the same journey as you. These people are:
Shauna (Ja: サナ Sana) is an energetic girl who is eager to discover her own dreams. But she's also genuinely curious about her friends' progress in their travels!
Tierno (Ja: ティエルノ
is burly and nimble, and his goal is to create a dance team with his Pokémon! He pays close attention to Pokémon when they battle to see he if he can incorporate their actions into new dance moves.
Trevor's (Ja: トロバ Toroba) goal is to be the first of the group to complete his Pokédex. He's a great student, bursting with curiosity, but he admits that he has much to learn to become a great Trainer.
Calem (Ja: カルム
/ Selena (Ja: セレナ is the opposite gender character you did not pick. They live next to your place in Vaniville Town.Other characters are:
Alexa (Ja: パンジー Pansy) - a journalist working for a publisher in Lumiose City. She's also the older sister of the gym leader Viola. She will also be making an appearance on the TV show in Japan in July.
Gym Leaders
Viola (ビオラ
is the Bug type Gym Leader from Hakudan City. She is also a photographer. Her gym is the one with the spider web from the first trailer.
New Type
The Fairy type is the first new type introduced since Gold and Silver did so 13 years ago (with Dark and Steel), and was specifically created to balance the Dragon type. All that is known at this time is that it is super effective against the Dragon type. There will be several new Fairy Pokémon introduced, and certain old Pokémon will be retyped, much like how Magnemite changed from Electric to Electric/Steel. Moves may be retyped as well, but it's still too early to know for sure.
New moves:
- Moonblast (Ja: ムーンフォース Moon Force) : May also lower target's Atk.
- Fairy Wind
New Fairy Pokémon (so far):
Sylveon: Fairy
Flabébé: Fairy
Retyped Pokémon (so far):
Marill: Water -> Water/Fairy
Gardevoir: Psychic -> Psychic/Fairy
Jigglypuff: Normal -> Normal/Fairy
New Pokémon
A bunch of new Pokémon were revealed in the Direct, roundtable, and CoroCoro - 9 new Pokémon in all:
Eng: Noivern
Jpn: オンバーン (Onvern)
Deu: UHaFnir
Fra: Bruyverne
Type Flying/Dragon
Height: 4' 11"
Weight: 187.4 lbs.
Known Moves: Boomburst (Normal) - Emits an explosive sound wave that damages all nearby Pokémon.
Noivern is extremely combative toward anything that wanders too close to it. It flies through even the darkest nights using ultrasonic waves it emits from its ears. This Pokémon loves fruit, and feeding it fruit will keep it calm.
Eng: Scatterbug
Jpn: コフキムシ (Kofukimushi)
Deu: Purmel
Fra: Lépidonille
Type: Bug
Height: 1'00" (0.3m)
Weight: 5.5 lbs. (2.5kg)
The Bug-type Scatterbug resides mostly in forests and wild plains. After Scatterbug has reached a high enough level, it will evolve into Spewpa.
This Bug type uses the fur around its neck to control its body temperature.
Eng: Spewpa
Jpn: コフーライ (Kofuurai)
Deu: Puponcho
Fra: Pérégrain
Type: Bug
Height: 1'00" (0.3m)
Weight: 18.5 lbs. (8.4kg)
Known Moves: Protect
Spewpa is the middle Pokémon of this evolutionary chain. With enough experience gained from battle, Spewpa will eventually evolve into Vivillon.
Spewpa gains a stiff carapace once it evolves from Scatterbug, so less forceful attacks will hardly make a scratch.
Eng: Vivillon
Jpn: ビビヨン (Vivillon)
Deu: Vivillon
Fra: Prismillon
Type: Bug/Flying
Height: 3' 11"
Weight: 37.5 lbs.
Known Moves: Struggle Bug
In its final Evolution, in addition to becoming stronger, Vivillon also changes its type. You can continue to level up the Pokémon to make it even stronger!
The Bug- and Flying-type Pokémon Vivillon uses its wings to scatter its scales or create a strong wind to attack. Vivillon is said to have a secret hidden in the colorful decorative pattern on its wings.
Eng: Talonflame
Jpn: ファイアロー (Fiarrow)
Deu: Fiaro
Fra: Flambusard
Type: Fire/Flying
Height: 3' 11"
Weight: 54.0 lbs.
Known Moves: Brave Bird
An evolved form of the recently announced Fletchling, Talonflame is a Fire- and Flying-type Pokémon that gains a whole new level of speed and firepower. It dives at foes, and then attacks with devastating kicks.
Eng: Clauncher
Jpn: ウデッボウ (Udebbou)
Deu: Scampisto
Fra: Flingouste
Type Water
Height: 1' 08"
Weight: 18.3 lbs.
Known moves: Crabhammer
Clauncher is easily recognizable by the oversized claw on one of its arms. This useful claw can seize prey and shoot water at others as a projectile!
Clauncher's enormous claw can also crack boulders when the Pokémon is at close range.
Eng: Skrelp
Jpn: クズモー (Kuzumou)
Deu: Algitt
Fra: Venalgue
Type: Poison/Water
Height: 1' 08" (0.5m)
Weight: 16.1 lbs. (7.3kg)
Known Moves: Sludge Bomb
Disguised by its shape, Skrelp pretends to be a piece of seaweed. When prey gets too close, Skrelp bathes it in poison to keep it from struggling.
Eng: Litleo
Jpn: シシコ (Shishiko)
Deu: Leufeo
Fra: Hélionceau
Type: Fire/Normal
Height: 2'00" (0.6m)
Weight: 29.8 lbs. (13.5kg)
Known Moves: Noble Roar (Ja: おたけび Wild Roar) - Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack.
The hot-blooded Litleo is always ready for a good fight! Its mane blazes with heat during battle, burning hotter and hotter the stronger its opponent.
Eng: Flabébé
Jpn: フラベベ (Flabébé)
Deu: Flabébé
Fra: Flabébé
Type: Fairy
Height: (0.1m)
Weight: (0.1kg)
Known Moves: Fairy Wind
Another newly discovered Fairy-type Pokémon, Flabébé clings to a flower early on, and then cares for it for its entire life. Because of this, Flabébé may be found holding flowers of different colors.
Pokémon-Amie
Pokémon-Amie is a new gameplay feature that lets you interact with your Pokémon more closely than you could do before - pet them, feed them treats, and play with them as you increase your bond with your Pokémon. Pokémon that are raised well may even perform better in battle, like being able to evade more or do more critical hits, along with other benefits!
Pokémon Search System (PSS)
The new second screen experience, replacing the Poke Gear from BW/B2W2, allows you to connect with people you pass by in real life, and with people on the internet around the world. With this, you can initiate trades and custom ruled battles (along with other things) with people on your friend list with just a tap.
Customization
It was known before that you can customise your trainer's appearance. During the roundtable, it was specified that you can change your hairstyle, and your general appearance, including your outfit.
Horde Encounters
This new battle type has your Pokémon facing off against 4-5 Pokémon at the same time. These encounters will test your mettle due to the increased target options, as well as multiple Pokémon attacking you all at once. Be vigilant, and take multi-target moves!
Sky Battles
The second new battle type is Sky Battles, initiated by talking to certain specific trainers throughout the game. This type of battle can only be done with Flying Pokémon, or Pokémon that have the ability Levitate. Further details about Sky Battles are unknown at this time.
Multiple Languages
For the first time, it will be possible to play the game in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Korean, or Japanese by setting the language when you start up the game. This probably holds no matter which region Pokémon game you buy.
Miscellaneous
- The theme of the game is "beauty". France's beauty is why it was chosen as the setting for the Kalos region.
- Still 1 save file
- The day/night visual system has been enhanced with shadows and illumination on the character and environment
- We've known since the first trailer, but you get those Roller Skates you're using in Santalune City.
- 8 way movement is definitely confirmed, as was seen in last month's trailer. Overworld still uses grid system to do encounters and such.
- Along with Gogoat, other Pokémon can be ridden in various parts of the game, to overcome obstacles or traverse new paths. Rhyhorn is confirmed to be one of these rentable Pokémon.
- There will be the usual bevy of free Pokémon DLC - expect distribution Pokémon, as well as other ingame things.
- EVs and IVs will be made a bit easier to work with, as has been the case for the past few games.
- Encounter text may vary depending on the location where you encounter a Pokémon.
- During multiplayer battles, different BGM can be selected prior to facing off.
Trailers
Gameplay Trailer 2
Gameplay Trailer 3
Gameplay Trailer 4
Nintendo Developer Roundtable featuring Pokémon X and Pokémon Y
Rumors...
If you've been following past threads, you may have heard about a certain leaker who revealed a good chunk of the info that's been shown off here, and last month. You can find more info in [this thread here], but take it with a grain of salt, despite most of it being true so far.
